Liberia - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Liberia was 661.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,010.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 661.00 in 2016.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 894.00
2001 913.00
2002 1,010.00
2003 878.00
2004 837.00
2005 816.00
2006 782.00
2007 754.00
2008 738.00
2009 724.00
2010 708.00
2011 694.00
2012 683.00
2013 674.00
2014 688.00
2015 691.00
2016 661.00
2017 661.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
2007 1,114.00
2008 495.00
2013 949.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health